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Yeah, it's just pointless to me.

@judaspete: The current company that has the ownership of Extreme G is Throwback Entertainment, they purchased it along with a majority of other Acclaim's intellectual properties in 2006, now I would wish to see a new installment of Extreme G or get them to have remakes for the modern video game platforms, then the fans of futuristic motorcycle racing fans will be so happy.

Edit: XG3: Extreme G 3 and XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association (4th game in the series) both have licensed soundtracks, if they get rereleased, they have to renew the licensing or obtain licensing for new soundtracks or compose with new original soundtracks.

I can tell why Ubisoft refuses to release an offline patch for The Crew 1 because they force players to jump onto The Crew 2 or The Crew Motorfest instead, they're so mean.

I agree with this and also newer games for whichever existing franchises like Tekken, got live service since Tekken 8, which ruins every fan's nostalgia.

Dear video game fans in the Giant Bomb forums

Now we're currently in the 2nd quarter of 2024, there is quite a lot of news that happened during Q1 2024 for the video game industry.

The good things that I like so far:

• Thomas Jackermeier gets fired from being Fanatec CEO (For bad customer service)
• Automobilista 2 announced partnership with IMSA
• Forza Motorsport 2023 and Gran Turismo 7 both getting more updates
• Gran Turismo Sport received an offline patch after its servers ended
• The Crew Motorfest gets more updates
• Forza Horizon 5 gets more updates
• Guilty Gear -Strive- Season 4 announced
• Tekken 8 is well received
• Nintendo Switch turned 7 years old
• Horizon Forbidden West on PC launched so well

The bad things that I don't like:

• Le Mans Ultimate (Early Access) is a buggy mess (But taking time to improve though)
• EA Sports WRC is still having bugs
• The Crew servers ended without releasing an offline patch
• There are no news about the main BlazBlue series these days
• Akira Toriyama (Creator of Dragon Ball, Dr Slump & Sand Land, and the illustrator of Blue Dragon, Dragon Quest & Chrono Trigger) passed away
• PlayStation laid off 900 employees from whichever subsidiary studios, just like what happened to Xbox last year.

Yeah, I agree that it is pretty much the Kinect (Xbox One version) of the generation, in terms of commercials. Generally, VR is more of a computer-type peripheral in my opinion. Also, what if the next PlayStation and Xbox handheld console is truly announced, I wouldn't be interested as well.

I prefer desktop gaming PCs and home consoles to handheld consoles and laptops.

@cikame: It would be good to have a dual-handling model option to make it more optimized and consumer for both Racing Wheel and Controller Pad users.

Dear motor racing fans in the Giant Bomb forums

The official Assetto Corsa YouTube channel just released its teaser trailer! Is anyone excited about this?

I hope to see more variety of licensed race cars like touring cars, not just for GT3 and Le Mans Prototype 1 class cars, having an improved & more realistic handling model over its predecessor, I'm also curious about the in-game graphics.

Article links:

• Assetto Corsa 2 Might be Called “Assetto Corsa Evo” – GTPlanet
• Assetto Corsa 2 Set To Be Called 'Assetto Corsa Evo' | OverTake (Formerly RaceDepartment)

Sidenote: I'm curious how this game's handling model compares to Le Mans Ultimate.

@judaspete: Awesome choices! I also cannot imagine what a new 3D fighting game intellectual property should look like regarding the story setting. Oh, I would like to mention that if the next Super Smash Bros for Switch's successor gets announced, it would be good to see one of the Soul Calibur characters appear.

@av_gamer: Nice list of your wish list of fighting games, for the Marvel Vs Capcom series, this makes me want to think back to Saori Hayami's Japanese voice-acting for Hsien-Ko/Lei Lei from Darkstalkers/Vampire series in Marvel Vs Capcom 3.

I also appreciate her voice acting for other fighting game characters like Mai Natsume (BlazBlue series), and Orie (Under-Night In-Birth).

Edit: If you also ask me what my favorite Saori Hayami's voice role is, I'd say Carpaccio from the Girls und Panzer anime series.